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Time: 9AM-11AM Total Marks: 100

PARTS OF SPEECH SPELLING MISTAKES
directions: Each of the following sentences directions: In this section a word is spelt in
has a word or phrase underlined. Read the four different ways. Identify the one which is
sentences carefully and find which part of correct. Choose the correct response (a), (b),
speech the underlined word is. Indicate your (c) or (d) and indicate on the Answer Sheet
response on the Answer Sheet accordingly. accordingly.
1. He tripped clumsily on the rug and fell flat on 11. (a) Adulation (b) Adlation
his face. (c) Aduletion (d) Addulation
(a) Conjunction (b) Interjection
(c) Adverb (d) Clause 12. (a) Gobbledegook (b) Goblledgook
(c) Gobleddegok (d) Goobledgok
2. Because she was feeling unwell, she decided
to avoid the trip. 13. (a) Counterfiet (b) Counterfeit
(a) Conjunction (b) Adjective (c) Countefeit (d) Counteirfet
(c) Adverb (d) Interjection
14. (a) Complesant (b) Complecent
3. It’s never too late to be what you might have (c) Complacent (d) Complasent
been.
(a) Transitive verb (b) Intransitive verb 15. (a) Adverisity (b) Advercety
(c) Auxiliary Verb (d) Phrasal Verb (c) Advercity (d) Adversity

4. The student borrowed a pen from her 16. (a) Portuguese (b) Portugese
classmate as she had forgotten to get her own (c) Portugeuse (d) Portuegese
pen.
(a) Intransitive verb (b) Transitive verb 17. (a) Liquefy (b) Liqufy
(c) Past tense (d) Perfect tense (c) Lequify (d) Liqify

5. Everyone had gone home by the time she 18. (a) Ideosyncracy (b) Ideosyncrasy
reached the party. (c) Idiosyncrasy (d) Idiosyncracy
(a) Independent clause (b) Past tense
(c) Dependent clause (d) Past perfect verb 19. (a) Agglomeration (b) Aglomeration
(c) Agglomaration (d) Aglomaration
6. These days, people are writing emails a lot
less than they used to a few years ago. 20. (a) Fuchsia (b) Fushia
(a) Participle (b) Present Continuous (c) Fucia (d) Fushia
(c) Noun Phrase (d) Noun
ANTONYMS
7. The brave fireman rescued the cat from the directions: Each item in this section consists
tree. of sentences with an underlined word
(a) Relative pronoun (b) Adjectival clause followed by four words or group of words.
(c) Adverb (d) Adjective Select the option that is opposite in meaning
to the underlined word and mark your
8. Chains of gold are stronger than chains of response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
iron. 21. Rachna is very conscientious about her
(a) Adjective (b) Noun actions.
(c) Adverb (d) Numeral (a) licentious (b) whip
(c) cruel (d) careless
9. Spaghetti, which we eat at least twice a week,
is one of my family’s favourite meals. 22.His voice, as doleful as his bloodhound eyes,
(a) Relative clause (b) Interrogative pronoun is his trump card.
(c) Relative pronoun (d) Affirmative (a) happy (b) steady
(c) poor (d) rich
10. Students planning to study nursing must first
meet with the Principal. 23. We have already paid two such death
(a) Adverb (b) Participle gratuities from this fund
(c) Adjective (d) Noun (a) stipend (b) wages
(c) annuity (d) discount
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24. A large and boisterous crowd attended the remorseful commiseration.

concert. (a) Commendation (b) Sympathy
(a) calm (b) courageous (c) Vastness (d) Commission
(c) serenity (d) cheerful
35. I'll box and battle him, and make him look
25. This is a programme that any pragmatic slow and ponderous.
centre-right government could be proud of. (a) Unwieldy (b) Cautious
(a) vague (b) idealistic (c) Exorbitant (d) Facile
(c) indefinite (d) optimistic
36.I wish I could agree with this call for
26. He is every woman's worst nightmare: the mature insouciance, one year on
lascivious shark in a gold chain. (a) Reluctance (b) Guess
(a) fluid (b) stable (c) Indignation (d) Indifference
(c) devout (d) chaste
37. The philosopher employed ecbatic
27. Ever since she was a child, she has had a reasoning to elucidate the logical consequences
predilection for spicy food. of his axioms, revealing intricate layers of
(a) afterthought (b) postponement deductive thought.
(c) predicament (d) aversion (a) Treatment (b) Effect
(c) Astonished (d) Foundation
28. Even though she was so gregarious and
loved to chat, she also liked to listen 38. She poured out a shot of spirit of Clary and
(a) Laudatory (b) Recluse took a quaff before speaking.
(c) Rustic (d) Social (a) Chide (b) Urge
(c) Quell (d) Drink
29.In these meandering reflections, neither
Bacon the man nor Bacon the artist ever comes 39. We quickly established a rapport, and it fell
alive. to me to tell him his diagnosis.
(a) Sliding (b) Straight (a) Harmonious accord
(c) Slopping (d) Strained (b) Full support
(c) Love and affection
30.It was his fervent wish to be reunited with his (d) Sportsmanship
brother
(a) Inexcusable (b) Dispassionate
40. It would be too dismal for Gwynne to
(c) Enduring (d) Subdued
roam through the purlieus with a policeman
(a) Absolute (b) Surreal
SYNONYMS
(c) Army (d) Border
directions: Each item in this section consists
of a sentence with an underlined word (s)
FILL IN THE BLANKS
followed by four words /group of words.
directions: Each of the following sentences
Select the option that is nearest in meaning
in this section has a blank space and four
to the underlined word and mark your
words or group of words are given after the
response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
sentence. Select the most appropriate word
31. Her willingness to collude with a breach of
or group of words for the blank space and
international law seems a small matter.
indicate your response on the Answer Sheet
(a) Conspire (b) Weaken
accordingly.
(c) Flood (d) Exhaust
41. My grandparents ____ for a movie.
(a) took us out (b) took off
32. Be ruthless with slipshod work that loses
(c) took after us (d) took us back
sight of what you are trying to achieve.
(a) Retaliatory (b) Commonplace
42. Our cat _____________ after we put
(c) Careless (d) Vulgar
posters up all over the neighbourhood.
(a) turned off (b) turned down
33. She had to humour his whimsical nature
(c) turned up (d) turned on
(a) Absurd (b) Drollish
(c) Odd (d) Genteel
43. A journey of thousand miles _____ with a
single step.
34. Announcing his purchase, he is agonisingly
(a) begins (b) starts
torn between arrogant elation and
(c) creates (d) opens
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44. If I ___ in a better shape, I would have S: Centuries later, author María Oruña
definitely participated in the marathon. researched these legendary rings, and used
(a) am (b) was them as inspiration for her novel The Forest of
(c) were (d) have the Four Winds.
S6: In an extraordinary turn of events, in almost
45. The greed of a few people in the financial exactly the location María had described in her
world ____ the global financial crisis. story, an astonishing discovery was made that
(a) brought down (b) brought forward could turn legend into reality.
(c) brought back (d) brought about The correct sequence should be:
(a) SRPQ (b) RPQS
46. We _____ the meeting because Rajesh (c) RQSP (d) QRSP
wasn’t well enough to come.
(a) called out (b) called back 52. S1: The list is updated every few minutes.
(c) called off (d) called for P: Air quality is considered safe if the AQI is
under 50.
47. Nishal carries a notebook around so that he Q: An AQI of above 150 is unhealthy for
can ________ any thoughts he has as soon as everyone, while levels over 300 are classified as
he has them. hazardous.
(a) set down (b) set back R: An AQI of between 100 and 150 poses a
(c) set about (d) set aside potential risk to children and people with heart
and lung diseases.
48. The police chief promised he'd _____ it that S: The higher the AQI value, the greater the
whoever was behind the attacks would be level of air pollution and danger to human
caught and punished. health.
(a) see out (b) see to S6: According to the World Health Organization
(c) see off (d) see through (WHO), air pollution is responsible for millions of
deaths worldwide every year.
49. Shiva stopped at the mall and _______ his The correct sequence should be:
mother, and then drove on to the golf course. (a) PSRQ (b) SPRQ
(a) dropped off (b) dropped by (c) QRPS (d) RQPS
(c) dropped in (d) dropped out
53.S1 On a field ringed by rolling green hills in
50. I shouted into the cavern and listened as the Iceland, fans attached to metal structures that
echo of my voice slowly _____. look like an industrial-sized Lego project are
(a) died away (b) died down spinning.
(c) died off (d) died out P: But the technology has evolved to where
people consider it a serious tool in fighting
ORDERING OF SENTENCES climate change.
directions: In this section each item consists Q: The Iceland plant, called Orca, is the largest
of six sentences of a passage. The first and such facility in the world, capturing about
sixth sentences are given in the beginning 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.
as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in R: Their mission is to scrub the atmosphere by
each have been jumbled up and labelled as sucking carbon dioxide from the air and storing
P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the it safely underground.
proper sequence of the four sentences and S: Just a few years ago, this technology, known
mark your response accordingly on the as “direct air capture,” was seen by many as an
Answer Sheet. unrealistic fantasy.
51. S1: An ancient legend in Galicia, Spain, tells S6: But compared to what the planet needs, the
of nine mediaeval bishops who made vows of amount is tiny.
poverty in the monastery of Santo Estevo. The correct sequence should be
P: For centuries there was a pilgrimage to the (a) RSPQ (b) SPRQ
monastery to heal all kinds of diseases. (c) QRPS (d) PQRS
Q: However, over time the rings were lost
without trace and they became little more 54. S1: Rameshbhai Chauhan, 38, a weaver
than a myth. based in Ahmedabad, joined his father’s family
R: After their death, their nine rings were occupation after failing his class 10 exam.
believed to have miraculous healing P: However, two years ago, Chauhan joined
powers. EDII’s centre and learnt new designs, and digital
marketing.
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Q: Their joint family was earning Rs 20,000 to
Rs 25,000 a month.
R: His family now makes around Rs 50,000 a
month, reaching out to clients even outside the
state, using WhatsApp to communicate with
clients and share their designs.
S: “At a recent exhibition in Ahmedabad, I made
Rs 1.2 lakh in just two hours,” says Chauhan.
S6: Anand Rathod, 23, another weaver who
benefitted from EDII, is helping two younger
people set up their looms right from scratch, and
also training other weavers in his village to use
digital marketing.
The correct sequence should be
(a) QPRS (b) PRQS
(c) RPQS (d) SRPQ
55. S1: It was two years ago that Bihar social
welfare director Raj Kumar first heard about
10-year-old Prakash (name changed).
P: He had apparently got lost while taking a
train all by himself from his home in West
Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman to his grandparents’
place in Malda.
Q: The boy, who spoke only Bangla and
suffered from epilepsy, was found stranded at
Muzaffarpur railway station by the police in
2015.
R: His daily needs were taken care of there but
his future remained uncertain.
S: Social welfare officials shifted Prakash to a
state-run children’s home in Saharsa.
S6: Moved by the boy’s plight, Kumar stepped
in.
The correct sequence should be
(a) PQRS (b) RSPQ
(c) QPSR (d) SRQP
56. S1: A rare pink female leopard has been
sighted in the Ranakpur region in the Pali district
of Rajasthan.
P: Experts believe that the different colour is
perhaps due to mutation.
Q: Earlier sighting of the pink leopard was
reported from South Africa.
R: But this pink leopard has reddish-brown skin
and distinctly different spots.
S: The Indian leopard usually has its coat
spotted on a pale yellow to yellowish- brown or
golden background.
S6: Such strawberry-coated leopards have been
seen in South Africa more than once.
The correct sequence should be
(a) QPSR (b) RSPQ
(c) SRPQ (d) PRSQ
57. S1: One of the main features arriving with
Twitter Blue is the ability to undo tweets.
P: The subscription will also give users the
ability to read articles from over 300 news
outlets like Reuters, USA Today, and more
without advertisements.
Q: Twitter Blue subscribers can also pin
conversations to the top of their inboxes and
change the colour theme of their Twitter app.
R: The aim here is to help users undo typos or
minor errors, although this is a far cry from the
much-demanded “Edit Tweet” feature.
S: It will give subscribers a 60-second window
to preview a tweet and make changes to it
before uploading it.
S6: Twitter says a portion of the Blue
subscription will go to the news organisation.
The correct sequence should be
(a) QPSR (b) PSQR
(c) RSQP (d) SRQP
58. S1: The recipient was brain-dead, meaning
they were already on artificial life support with
no prospect of recovering.
P: The work is not yet peer-reviewed or
published but there are plans for this.
Q: Experts say it is the most advanced
experiment in the field so far.
R: Using pigs for transplants is not a new idea
though.
S: The kidney came from a pig that had been
genetically modified to stop the organ being
recognised by the body as "foreign" and being
rejected.
S6: Pig heart valves are already widely used in
humans.
The correct sequence should be
(a) QSPR (b) SPQR
(c) PSQR (d) RPSQ
59. S1: Restaurateur Ado Campeol, dubbed
"the father of Tiramisu" by Italian media, has
died at the age of 93.
P: It has since become a staple of Italian
cuisine, adapted by chefs worldwide.
Q: There have been long-running disputes
about the origin of tiramisu, including claims that
it served as an aphrodisiac at a brothel in the
north Italian city of Trevisio.
R: Campeol was the owner of Le Beccherie, a
restaurant in Treviso in northern Italy where the
famous dessert was invented by his wife and a
chef.
S: The dish, featuring coffee-soaked biscuits
and mascarpone, was added to their menu in
1972 but never patented by the family.
S6: However, it is widely accepted that the
recipe was developed in Campeol's restaurant
in the city.
The correct sequence should be
(a) SQPR (b) QSRP
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(c) SRPQ (d) RSPQ
60. S1: A new mutated form of coronavirus that
some are calling "Delta Plus" may spread more
easily than regular Delta, UK experts now say.
P: And scientists are confident that existing
vaccines should still work well to protect people.
Q: There is no evidence yet that it causes worse
illness.
R: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
has moved it up into the "variant under
investigation" category, to reflect this possible
risk.
S: Although regular Delta still accounts for most
Covid infections in the UK, cases of "Delta Plus"
or AY.4.2 have been increasing.
S6: Latest official data suggests 6% of Covid
cases are of this type.
The correct sequence should be
(a) RQPS (b) QRPS
(c) PQRS (d) PSRQ
IDIOMS AND PHRASES
directions: Given below are some
idioms/phrases followed by four alternative
meanings to each. Choose the response (a),
(b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate
expression and mark your response in the
Answer Sheet accordingly.
61.A perfect storm of vituperation broke out
against him
(a) An unusually bad situation created by a
powerful concurrence of factors
(b) A great situation in which everything works
out
(c) A rare situation which is a result of common
meteorological factors
(d) A good situation suddenly changing into a
disastrous situation
62.He must face the fact that he is barking up
the wrong tree.
(a) Blaming the wrong person for a misdeed
(b) Doing something that will give you a result
different from what is expected
(c) Not being clear about your aims
(d) Getting misled by your instincts
63. He bought the old hotel but soon realised he
had bitten off more than he could chew.
(a) Take on too much
(b) Take very little help
(c) To eat very quickly
(d) To ignore manners while eating
64. My replacement will arrive shortly if I toed
the line in my office
(a) accepting the authority, policies, or principles
of a particular group, especially unwillingly.
(b)Showing unfriendly attitude towards someone
(c) To make a guest feel unwelcome
(d) To not help a friend in need
65. I prefer to put the cat among the pigeons
rather than casting aspersions.
(a) Demolish two enemies without the use of
Weapons
(b) To do something with a single aim
(c) It refers to saying or doing something that
might enrage a large number of people.
(d) Maintain cordial relations with two enemies
66. If you sit on the fence, you avoid supporting
a particular side in a discussion or argument.
(a) Lack of mobility
(b) Lack of movement
(c) Lack of decisiveness
(d) Lack of alertness
67.He paid through the nose for his son's
surgery.
(a) to barely pay
(b) To pay unreasonably high prices
(c) Spend hard earned money
(d) To use the money which is kept for the
future.
68. They'll do their job come rain or shine.
(a) Regardless of circumstances
(b) Despite the options
(c) Whenever it may happen
(d) To not support someone
69. We will leave no stone unturned to find the
offender
(a) To look for a treasure
(b) To renovate each and every part of a house
(c) To do more than possible
(d) To make every possible effort to do
something
70. How he cut no ice to establish a rapport with
the client throughout the meeting.
(a) to have no impact or influence over the
behaviour or circumstances of another.
(b) A work begun well
(c) The beginning of an adventure
(d) Accomplishment of a task
ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE
directions: Each of the following items in
this section consists of a sentence, parts of
which have been jumbled. These parts have
been labelled as P, Q, R and S. Given below
each sentence are four sequences namely
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(a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to (a) SRQP (b) PQRS
re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence (c) RSQP (d) PSRQ
and mark your response accordingly.
71. since the Kalashnikov-toting Talibans (P)/ 80. the country from building (S)/ China has
took over the Afghan capital (Q)/ and formed a restricted (Q)/ smaller cities in (R)/ super high-
new government (R)/ it’s been a little over a rise buildings (P)
month (S) (a) QPSR (b) QRSP
(a) SPQR (b) SQPR (c) PSQR (d) RQPS
(c) QRSP (d) QSRP
SPOTTING ERRORS
72. in Chambal (P)/ met the gang (Q)/ he first directions: Each item in this section has a
(R)/ on a moonless night (S) sentence with three underlined parts labelled
(a) QRSP (b) RPSQ as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to
(c) PSRQ (d) RQSP find out whether there is any error in any
underlined part and indicate your response
73. a former employee turned whistleblower (P)/ on the Answer Sheet against the
hit with multiple reports stemming from (Q)/ corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If
documents provided to news outlets by Frances you find no error, your response should be
Haugen, (R)/ Facebook on Friday was (S) indicated as (d).
(a) RSPQ (b) SQRP 81. A bread is a staple food prepared (a) from a
(c) RQSP (d) QRSP dough of flour and water, (b) usually by baking.
(c) No error (d)
74. the early 1990s, sea levels (P)/ went up by
2.1mm per year between 1993 and 2002 82. She has decided (a) to celebrate Diwali with
(Q)/since they were first measured (R)/ by (b) the underprivilege children. (c) No error (d)
precise satellite-based systems in (S)
(a) QPSR (b) PSRQ 83.The mascots bring in a lot of revenue (a) to
(c) RSPQ (d) SQPR finance the Olympic Games (b) through
licensing and merchandising. (c) No error (d)
75. was detected, people in the state (P)/ are
concerned about the rise of the third wave of the 84. Georgia travelled by (a) boat, plane and by
(Q)/ after the new variant of the COVID (R)/ (b) train. (c) No error (d)
pandemic, and the severity of the new variant
(S) 85.RBI has raised (A) / misgivings (B) / about
(a) SQPR (b) RPQS Mudra loans (C) / turning non-performing. (D) /
(c) QRSP (d) PQRS No error (E)

76. dollars are (P)/ neighbours such as Pakistan 86. Children born in urban India continue to (a)
(Q)/ also often used for trade (R)/ in areas have a much higher chance of surviving (b) the
bordering Afghanistan's (S) first year than that born in rural India. (c) No
(a) RPSQ (b) RSPQ error (d)
(c) PRSQ (d) QRSP
87. It is I (a) who is (b) your true friend. (c) No
77. mighty rivers to dry up (P)/ climate change is error (d)
causing (Q)/ to deadly levels in Mexico (R)/ and
temperatures to rise (S) 88. We inhale oxygen and (a) our activities, like
(a) QRSP (b) SPQR driving a car, using electricity, etc. (b) also
(c) QPSR (d) SPRQ release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. (c)
No error (d).
78. plastic pollution and greenhouse (P)/ the
environment from (Q)/ plastic recycling helps 89. Earning excellent marks (a) also depends on
protect (R)/ gas emissions (S) your friend (b) who you study with. (c) No error
(a) RPSQ (b) RQPS (d)
(c) PQRS (d) SPRQ
90. Since 2019, physicists having been (a)
79. all of these words (P)/ which means cow (Q) intrigued by possible evidence of dark (b) matter
/the Latin word vacca, (R)/ ultimately come from in the Milky Way galaxy. (c) No error (d)
(S)
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COMPREHENSION
directions: In this section you have a few
short passages. After each passage, you will
find some items based on the passage. First,
read a passage and answer the items based
on it. You are required to select your
answers based on the contents of the
passage and the opinion of the author only.
Passage-I
Babawayil, in the foothills of the Zabarwan
mountains by the Sind River, is a typical village
in Indian-administered Kashmir. Groups of men
and women sit on their lawns breaking open
green husks of walnuts, freshly gathered from
the giant trees shading the sleepy hamlet. Other
villagers are busy in the paddy fields bringing in
the harvest. Harud, the harvest season, is
usually busy. Most of the 150 households make
their living from farming and weaving pashmina
shawls.
The village, however, is one of the rare places in
South Asia that has banned dowries and
abandoned the custom of throwing lavish
weddings.
Weddings in this part of the world are usually
expensive and can cost a family’s life savings.
Money is spent on elaborate meals served to
hundreds of guests – relatives, friends and
neighbours. As part of the dowry, the bride’s
family gives gifts – household appliances,
jewellery, cash and sometimes even a car for
the groom. Often, the wedding happens only
after the dowry is fixed. Dowries have been
illegal in India for the past six decades, but the
custom is deeply entrenched. An estimated 20
women a day are murdered or kill themselves in
the country because of dowry demands. Every
year there are more than 8,000 “dowry deaths”.
91. Which one of the following statements is
true according to the author?
(a) Babawayil is a small Indian village.
(b) Indian families save only for weddings.
(c) Indian grooms always get cars as part of
dowry from the bride’s family.
(d) Harvest season is a busy season throughout
India.
92. Why is Babawayil considered as one of the
rarest places in South Asia?
(a) It has rejected an age-old custom that is
rampant in the society.
(b) Lavish weddings with elaborate meals used
to take place here.
(c) It is in favour of maintaining the old
traditions.
(d) The villagers believe in the equality of men
and women.
93. Why is dowry system followed even when it
has been made illegal in India?
(a) The custom is part of the lavish expenditure
related to Indian marriages.
(b) Indians value tradition over everything else.
(c) The custom is deep rooted in the social
system of India.
(d) Dowry is necessary for the bride to maintain
her independence after marriage.
94. What is the major means of livelihood of the
people of Babawayil?
(a) Sheep rearing (b) Fishing
(c) Farming (d) None of the above
95.Which word in the passage means
‘forsaken’?
(a) Banned (b) Estimated
(c) Abandoned (d) Entrenched
Passage-II
The headmaster of our local primary school
performs a magic show at this time of year, but
the parents aren’t invited. This child- centred
approach is exactly what you would want from a
school even though it’s frustrating for a
neuroscientist because magic is a really
interesting way of studying the brain.
Optical illusions have given us very useful
insights into how perception works. Tricking the
visual system into thinking things are different
shapes or colours than they actually tell us how
the brain works in everyday situations as well.
Our nervous system is really about filtering out
rather than relaying information - if we were
aware of all of our sensory inputs all the time,
we would rapidly be overwhelmed. Attention is
the way we direct the spotlight, ignoring the
background and focusing on what matters.
Magicians rely on this to misdirect our attention.
For example, there are basic circuits in the
primary visual cortex that are tuned into where a
pair of eyes are looking. Very handy when
you’re trying to pull a rabbit from a hat, or
control a couple of hundred screaming kids -
now that’s real magic.
96. According to the author, which one of the
following statements is true?
(a) The local primary school do not follows a
child- centred approach.
(b) The author is probably a neuroscientist.
(c) It is difficult to trick our nervous system.
(d) Understanding magic is equivalent to
understanding how brain works.
97. Why are optical illusions useful for a neuro-
scientist?
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(a) Optical illusions tell us how the visual system (a) for (b) to
can be tricked into seeing something else which (c) in (d) at
is not true.
(b) Optical illusions tell us how the visual 107. Initially, progress may be slow but never
system can be made fool-proof. give ______ a child who isn't reading.
(c) Optical illusions explain how sight works. (a) out of (b) up at
(d) Optical illusions show how accurate vision (c) over (d) up on
can be.
108. This is in conformity _________ the rules
98. Which of the following is a function of our laid down by the Corporation.
nervous system? (a) for (b) against
(a) It overwhelms us with various sensory (b) about (d) with
Inputs.
(b) It relays all the information that is present 109. The mother brought the chocolates and
around us. distributed them____ her five children.
(c) It filters out the background and focuses on (a) between (b) in
the important information. (c) among (d) within
(d) It helps us focus on each and every detail
around us. 110. His mentor, Rana Keshav was
blind____one eye.
99. How do magicians create magic? (a) in (b) by
(a) They surround the audience with different (c) from (d) of
shapes or colours.
(b) They shift the audience’s attention to certain CLOZE TEST-02
details which helps the magicians hide their Can we see ___1___the earth is a globe? Yes,
actions. we can, when we watch a ship that sails out to
(c) They make sure that no detail is missed. sea. If we watch closely, we see that the ship
(d) They trick the audience into focusing on begins ____2___. The bottom of the ship
the background. disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink
lower and lower, ___3____ we can only see the
100. Which word in the passage means top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all.
‘overpower ’? What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth.
(a) Tricking (b) Overwhelm Stick a pin most of the way into an orange, and
(c) Frustrating (d) Misdirect ____4____ turn the orange away from you. You
will see the pin disappear, ____5___ a ship
PREPOSITION does on the earth.
101. He complains ________ pain in the head. 111. (a) if (b) where
(a) For (b) Of (c) that (d) when
(c) With (d) against
112. (a) being disappeared
102. I have lived here _____ ten years. (b) to be disappeared
(a) since (b) for (c) to have disappeared
(c) till (d) from (d) to disappear

103. Fiction is a narrative which is made up 113. (a) until (b) since
_____ the author. (c) after (d) by the time
(a) from (b) with
(c) by (d) of 114. (a) reluctantly (b) accidentally
(c) slowly (d) passionately
104. He was advised to abstain _______ all
alcoholic drinks. 115. (a) the same (b) alike
(a) in (b) to (c) just as (d) by the way
(c) from (d) by
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105. When will they arrive ______ the airport? 116. Parts of northern France were also (A) / put
(a) at (b) to in drought alert, with (B) / water supplies to
(c) in (d) for businesses, (C) / farmers and ordinary residents
restricted. (D)
106. He hinted _____ some loss of treasure.
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117. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC) points out, (A) / drawing over
large amounts of carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere (B) / is essential if we are to stand
any chance of preventing (C) / more than 1. 5C
or even 2C of global heating. (D)

118. We hypothesised that the trustworthiness

of the original source (A) / might be an element
that contributed to the (B) / accuracy of people’s
judgement about online images.(C) No error (D)

119. Local gold prices hit a record 35,960

rupees per 10 grams (A) / on Tuesday, having
jumped more than (B) / 10 percent over the
past month, rising in lines with (C) / international
prices on tensions in the Middle East. (D)

120. Farmers like Baburao Tadas from Wardha

district in Maharashtra (A) / is praying for
normal monsoon rains after (B) / their incomes
were hit by erratic weather and (C) / lower
crop prices over the past few years. (D) /